Best Christopher Spicer Podcasts (2025)

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The Breakdown of Movies That Inspire Creativity 34:10

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22d ago34:10

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What movies light the creative fire inside you? This week, Christopher shares five films that don’t just entertain, but have shaped his imagination, fueled his storytelling, and continue to inspire his creativity. From sparking big ideas to conjuring pure movie magic, these are the films that remind him why he loves to create.…

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The Breakdown of the 2025 Box Office 56:56

1M ago56:56

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Remember this podcast? Christopher sure hopes so! After a summer break, he’s back with a look at the biggest box office hits of the year and a preview of the movies he’s most excited to review this fall. He also shares where he’s been, why the show went quiet for a while, and what’s next for the podcast.…

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Christophe Richard 1:34:33

2M ago1:34:33

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outro song: note! - toy chest warfareBy Patrick Trinh

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Noah Lemen 1:28:40

3M ago1:28:40

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- Chillbrave Bandcamp: [https://chillbrave.bandcamp.com](https://chillbrave.bandcamp.com/) - Kedromelon Bandcamp: https://kedromelon.bandcamp.com/ - Control-Flow Set: https://soundcloud.com/controlflownyc/chillbrave-control-flow-jnzBy Patrick Trinh

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The Breakdown of Where We Are Now 1:08:16

3M ago1:08:16

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It’s been a while, but Christopher is back! In this episode, he dives into why certain movies became box office hits in 2025, which films he's still eager to catch up on, what upcoming releases he’s most excited for, and how his neurodivergence shapes the way he experiences and critiques movies.By Christopher Spicer

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back again (for real this time) 11:57

4M ago11:57

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hi! it's been a while! i'm really sorry for the delay and this episode explains a little about what happened! to the podcast, not to chiptune, i haven't figured that out yet(podcast art is me from 2013 at an open mic lmao)By Patrick Trinh

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The Breakdown of A Few Things I've Learned 52:41

6M ago52:41

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About that back to weekly promise. . . Things don't always turn out how we plan. Christopher didn't plan to discover he was neurodivergent at 47 years old. But he did. He devotes this episode to looking at how that has changed his perspective on things, and how he plans to approach movie criticism and podcasting going forward.…

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The Breakdown of Movies Like They Used to Make 1:18:41

7M ago1:18:41

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Christopher Spicer is finally back with a new episode where he discusses ten movies from the 2020s that prove that sometimes they do make them like they used to. He explores gonzo horror, earnest blockbusters, stunt-filled adventures, erotic thrillers, and blockbuster-style dramas that have been released in the last five years that he feels are wor…

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The Breakdown of Looking Back at 2024 and the Most Anticipated Movies of 2025 1:15:05

8M ago1:15:05

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'The Movie Breakdown' is back, and Christopher looks back at some of the noteworthy movies of 2024, and looks ahead at the 10 movies he is most excited about in 2025. It is a fun way to kick off the new year as we relaunch the movie review podcast.By Christopher Spicer

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Jessen Jurado 1:48:11

9M ago1:48:11

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Today’s episode (after a long break) features Jessen Jurado, a visualist and event organizer based in NYC. Jessen has been involved in the NYC scene almost since its beginning, and his enthusiasm led him to organizing and putting on shows and event series - most notably I/O Chip Music, a series that ran as a sort of counterpart to Pulsewave during …

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where i've been, where we're going 24:08

10M ago24:08

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been a while! this episode will explain itBy Patrick Trinh

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The Breakdown of the Summer Box Office & A Major Announcement 1:17:43

1y ago1:17:43

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Christopher Spicer is flying solo this week, but he still found a way to talk for over an hour. Verbose much? He has a big announcement to make about the future of the podcast and pays tribute to his wonderful co-host of over a decade and a great friend for even longer, Scott Martin. He then looks at the summer box office and analyzes why he thinks…

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The Breakdown of Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes,The Fall Guy, Unfrosted, Scoop, and Woody Woodpecker Goes to Camp 1:16:29

1y ago1:16:29

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Christopher and Scott have been in hiding for a few months, but we've got five movie reviews for you this weekend. We review two big summer tentpoles in 'Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes' and 'The Fally Guy'. We also look at some streaming offerings in 'Sccop', 'Woody Woodpecker Goes to Camp' and 'Unfrosted'.…

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The Breakdown of Civil War, Shirley, Rebel Moon Part 2 : The Scargiver, and Summer Box Office Challenge Draft 1:34:58

1y ago1:34:58

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It is an episode recorded a few months back, but very late is better than absolutely never. This is a big one as we hold the annual Summer Box Office Challenge Draft. We also review three movies including the sci-fi picture 'Civil War', the biopic 'Shirley' and Zack Snyder's space opera 'Rebel Moon Part Two: The Scargiver'.…

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Eliot Lash 1:19:36

1+ y ago1:19:36

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Music Used: - Space Town - What Happened to Chiptune Theme - Matthew Joseph Payne - Civil Disobedience is Civil Defense Reference: - Eliot Lash’s Visuals Setup - https://www.eliotlash.com/works/live-music-visuals - Eliot Lash’s Game Music Visualizer - https://www.eliotlash.com/works/game-visualizer-1 - Max Capacity - https://linktr.ee/maxcapa.city …

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Alex Yabsley (dot.AY) 1:35:39

1+ y ago1:35:39

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Music Used: Space Town - What Happened to Chiptune Theme dot.AY - Vibraslop Reference: - Square Sounds Melbourne - https://www.squaresoundsfestival.com/ - Karlheinz Stockhausen - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karlheinz_Stockhausen - Music Concrete - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musique_concrète](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musique_concr%C3%A8te…

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Nestrogen 55:53

1+ y ago55:53

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Music Used: Space Town - What Happened to Chiptune Theme Nestrogen - Making You Cry (feat. Dan Pantzig) Reference: - FL Studio - https://www.image-line.com/ - LSDJ - https://www.littlesounddj.com/lsd/index.php - Famitracker - http://famitracker.com/ - Datathrash Recordings - https://datathrash.bandcamp.com/ - Cursed Hoof Studio - https://www.instag…

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Liz Ryerson 1:47:24

1+ y ago1:47:24

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Reference: - The Blood Zone - https://thebloodzone.libsyn.com/ - Kitschfork - https://kitschfork.podbean.com/ - Meet Me In The Bathroom - https://www.harpercollins.com/products/meet-me-in-the-bathroom-lizzy-goodman - OCRemix - https://ocremix.org/ - VGMix - https://vgmixarchive.com/ - MAGFest - https://www.magfest.org/ - Electronicon - https://knoc…

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Emi Spicer 1:36:52

1+ y ago1:36:52

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Music Used: Space Town - What Happened to Chiptune Theme Ultrasyd - Un croissant s'il vous plaît (RIP Ultrasyd) Reference: - Bent Fest - https://twitter.com/bentfestival - Chiptunes = Win - https://archive.org/details/chiptunes-win-discography-flac-lossless - Kevin Saunderson - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Saunderson - Juan Atkins - https://…

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Boaconstructor 1:19:36

1+ y ago1:19:36

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Music Used: Space Town - What Happened to Chiptune theme Boaconstructor - Ditch The Biscuit Reference: - Nanoloop - https://www.nanoloop.com/ - Ovenrake - https://ovenrake.bandcamp.com/ - Live Animals - https://weareliveanimals.bandcamp.com/ - Glooms/Turtlesaur - [https://gloomsmusic.bandcamp.com](https://gloomsmusic.bandcamp.com/) - Electric Child…

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The Breakdown of Dune Part Two, Spaceman, Rebel Moon, Orion and the Dark, and Remembering Carl Weathers and Norman Jewison 2:06:09

1+ y ago2:06:09

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Both Scott and Christopher return this week with reviews for four movies. They look at the reader-requested space opera directed by Zack Snyder in 'Rebel Moon Part One: A Child of Fire'. The space epics continue with the Denis Villeneuve helmed 'Dune Part Two'. Adam Sandler is in space as well in 'Spaceman'. Then we end with another movie that look…

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Eindbaas (Frans Twisk and Rocco Wouters) 1:24:30

1+ y ago1:24:30

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Reference: Eindbaas - https://eindbaas.org/ xyce - https://xyce.nl/ Men of Mega - https://menofmega.nl/ Superbyte Festival - https://ra.co/events/751982 Square Sounds - https://www.squaresoundsfestival.com/ Music Used: Space Town - What Happened to Chiptune Theme RoccoW - Unbearable ThirstBy Patrick Trinh

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The Breakdown of Argylle, Mean Girls, Society of the Snow, Lift, Good Grief 31:28

1+ y ago31:28

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Christopher Spicer is back with a mini-episode catching up on 2024 movies. Is Argylle better than its critical consensus? Is Mean Girls a worthy musical remake? What is the best of the new Netflix movies? Check out this episode for the answers.By Christopher Spicer

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Dannel Jurado 1:31:44

1+ y ago1:31:44

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Reference: Pulsewave - https://pulsewave.rip/ 8bitcollective - https://archive.org/details/Best_of_8_Bit_Collective-2006-2011 Note! - https://note.bandcamp.com/ AdamGetsAwesome - https://archive.org/details/pax-2011-adam-gets-awesome-chiptune-concert Chillbrave - https://chillbrave.bandcamp.com/ Music Used: What Happened to Chiptune Theme - Space T…

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Dubmood 1:30:35

1+ y ago1:30:35

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Music used: Space Town - What Happened to Chiptune Theme Dubmood - Solitude Reference: FastTracker 2 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FastTracker_2 Protracker - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protracker Amiga - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiga Modarchive - https://modarchive.org/ Trax in Space - https://web.archive.org/web/20010418144833/http://ww…

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Nullsleep 1:27:42

1+ y ago1:27:42

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Music Used: Space Town - What Happened to Chiptune Theme Nullsleep - Motion Map (Feel The Rhythm) Reference: 8bitpeoples - https://www.8bitpeoples.com/ International Chiptune Resistance Tour - https://coolhunting.com/culture/the-internation/ Pulsewave - Monotonik - https://www.simoncarless.com/monotonik-a-net-label-1996-200/ Micromusic - [micromusi…

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The Breakdown of Night Swim and the Most Anticipated Movies of 2024 28:59

1+ y ago28:59

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Christopher Spicer is flying solo again this week, but is here with a review of the first wide release of 2024 as he dives in with 'Night Swim.' He also looks at his 10 most anticipated movies of 2024. It looks like an exciting year for movies, and we're excited to kick off the movie talk.By Christopher Spicer

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Matthew Hunter 1:14:26

1+ y ago1:14:26

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Corrections: Micropalooza was actually started in 2003 instead of 2002 as stated in the episode. Apologies for the confusion! Reference: - Micropalooza - https://www.portlandmercury.com/music/2003/12/24/30443/wiggle-it-that-8-bit - Dataport - https://www.instagram.com/dataportpdx/?hl=en - 2 Player Productions - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2_Playe…

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The Breakdown of the Highest Grossing Movies of 2023 50:38

1+ y ago50:38

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We apologize. Our output in 2023 was rough, but it reflected the kind of year we had. We are ready to make 2024 our best one yet. This week Christopher flies solo by looking at what can be learned from the top ten highest-grossing 2023 movies in the domestic box office.By Christopher Spicer

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Glomag 1:32:59

2y ago1:32:59

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References Mother’s Day (Film) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081186/ Toxic Avenger (Film) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090190/ OB-6 (Synthesizer) - https://oberheim.com/products/ob-6/ Troma - https://www.troma.com/ 8-bit Punk (Wired article by Malcolm Mclaren) - https://www.wired.com/2003/11/mclaren/ The Tank (NYC Venue) - https://thetanknyc.o…

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Mike D'Errico 1:06:42

2y ago1:06:42

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References: Daedalus Controllerism - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spa4emMwhOM Liveness: Performance in a Mediatized Culture by Philip Auslander - https://www.routledge.com/Liveness-Performance-in-a-Mediatized-Culture/Auslander/p/book/9780367468170 Playing with Something that Runs by Mark J. Butler - https://global.oup.com/academic/product/playin…

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Minusbaby 1:12:40

2y ago1:12:40

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Music Used: Space Town - What Happened to Chiptune Theme minusbaby - Una Gran Parte de Tu Mente Rebanada minusbaby - You Were Strong minusbaby - Una Gran Parte de Tu Mente Rebanada (Live at Blip Festival 2011) minusbaby - BIAS, Pt. 1By Patrick Trinh

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Matthew Joseph Payne 1:47:11

2y ago1:47:11

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Music used: Space Town - What Happened to Chiptune Theme Awkward Terrible & Glowing Stars - George Jetson's Inflatable Cop The Glowing Stars - Got It Bad Matthew Joseph Payne - Pewter Handles Matthew Joseph Payne - i think we're ready - cursed vibes (from audio log #25 2023_03_03)By Patrick Trinh

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Peter Swimm 54:23

2y ago54:23

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Music used: Space Town - What Happened to Chiptune Theme Peter Swimm - Too Much! Reference: Pulsewave, a monthly chiptune event series in NYC: https://pulsewave.rip/ True Chip Till Death, a website chronicling all things chiptune: https://truechiptilldeath.com/ You can find Peter online at peterswimm.com.…

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The Breakdown of Where We Have Been 12:40

2y ago12:40

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A quick update on why there hasn't been a new episode for a few weeks.By Christopher Spicer

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Kevy Martinez (Wizwars/The Kevyn Gnartinez Band) (Part 2) 1:01:38

2y ago1:01:38

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Music in order of appearance: Space Town - What Happened to Chiptune Theme Wizwars - Right Back To You Reference: Blip Festival, formerly an annual festival centered around chiptune held in NYC: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blip_Festival Survey of the LA Chiptune scene and 8BitLA/Freq.Fest in particular: https://www.vice.com/en/article/gvqwk7/las-…

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Kevy Martinez (Wizwars/The Kevyn Gnartinez Band) (Part 1) 1:07:12

2y ago1:07:12

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In this episode we mistakenly refer to the artist Lo-bat as Italian - Lo-bat is a Belgian artist. Apologies for the mistake! Music in order of appearance: Space Town - What Happened to Chiptune Theme Wizwars - Game Boy Rock!! (performed at Shizzfest 2 at the Trunk Space) Wizwars - The Violator Wizwars - I Am Wizwars (Real Los Angeles Chipthrash) Wi…

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The Breakdown of Dungeon & Dragons (2) 1:15:07

2y ago1:15:07

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This week hosts Scott Martin & Christopher Spicer dive deep into the 2023 fantasy adventure, 'Dungeon & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves'. We look at the major aspects of the picture and analayze why it wasn't a bigger hit. We also look at the lasting impact of the tabletop game and the legacy of the franchise. Scott also reveals the three movies that …

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The Breakdown of a Lost Episode - King Kong (1976), Finding Ohana, Yes Day, and The Last Blockbuster 1:25:08

2y ago1:25:08

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This week hosts Christopher Spicer and Scott Martin wandered around in the vault and discovered an episode that never made it to the podcast feeds. It is a lost episode! It was recorded back in 2021, and they reviewed four movies. They look at the big blockbuster remake of 'King Kong' from 1976. They discuss two family movies 'Finding Ohana' and 'Y…

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Episode 0 - Intro 10:37

2y ago10:37

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Songs used: Reformat The Planet (Space Town Sadboi Remix) - Bit Shifter Artifice (On Your Lack Thereof) - Space Town Savior Those Blinking Lights - Space Town Savior Discovery - Space Town SaviorBy Patrick Trinh

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The Breakdown of Another Update 8:05

2y ago8:05

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What!?! Another Update? We just had one of these. Well, Christopher is here to explain why a promised episode will be slightly delayed and detail a few changes you should expect going forward with the podcast.By Christopher Spicer

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The Breakdown of the Most Rewatched Movies of the Past 10 Years 1:19:30

2y ago1:19:30

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This week hosts Scott Martin & Christopher Spicer each look at the five movies from the past 10 years that they have returned to the most. It is an interesting look at the contrast between the two as they have very different movies but also their own unique reasons for why certain pictures have been watched so often. A hint, one of the hosts is a p…

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The Breakdown of the State of the Podcast 16:29

2y ago16:29

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It has been a long time since you've heard some movie talk from Christopher Spicer and Scott Martin. And it will be a bit longer. But Christopher addresses the long absence and promises a much shinier future. He also reveals the very historic results of the Summer Box Office Challenge.By Christopher Spicer

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The Breakdown of the Best Movies of 2022 2:43:09

2+ y ago2:43:09

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It is the biggest episode of the year as we celebrate the greatness of the 2022 movie year. Both Scott and Christopher list their top ten best movies of 2022. It s a packed episode, and it has whole bunch of great movies to recommend for movie fans to track down.By Christopher Spicer

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The Breakdown of the Worst Movies of 2022 1:41:31

2+ y ago1:41:31

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It has been a great movie year, but we haven't been able to avoid some really bad movies as well. Christopher and Scott each list their top ten most painful movie watching experiences this year. It is the rise of streaming movies, which means there were several lifeless pictures that seem just getting a star attached was enough. This is not a week …

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The Breakdown of the Most Underrated Movies of 2022 1:54:12

3y ago1:54:12

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This week Scott Martin and Christopher Spicer both list the ten movies that they feel are either much better than their reputation, should have been had far more box office success, or should be far more known. It is the Underrated Movies episodes as they champion movies that they hope more listeners will track down.…

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The Breakdown of the Highs and Lows of the Fall Movie Season 1:10:48

3y ago1:10:48

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Before they delve into the year-end episondes, Scott and Christopher look at some of the major highs and lows of the fall movie season by discussing some movies they haven't had a chance to review on the show, including 'She Said', 'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever' and 'Smile'.By Christopher Spicer

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The Breakdown of Planes, Trains, and Automobiles 1:21:02

3y ago1:21:02

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Scott Martin and Christopher Spicer deep dive into what is considered a holiday comedy classic in 'Planes, Trains, and Automobiles.'By Christopher Spicer

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The Breakdown of Enemy Mine 1:16:25

3y ago1:16:25

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This week Christopher and Scott delve into the 1985 cult hit, 'Enemy Mine.' The discuss why they loved it as kids, what still holds up today, how it stood out among other sci-fi at the time, and all the major aspects of the movie. It is an over hour deep dive.By Christopher Spicer

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The Breakdown Flashback: Star Wars The Force Awakens 1:16:18

3y ago1:16:18

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We dig into the vault to rerun our deep-dive review and analysis of 2015's The Force Awakens back when it was a new realese, and the future of Star Wars on Disney was unknown but exciting.By Christopher Spicer